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Police have rounded up nine people suspected of trafficking drugs in Hanover Township since April, police said Friday.

On April 6, officers recovered $500 in cash and an ounce of crack after serving a search warrant on Mark Drive, where undercover officers previously purchased crack-cocaine. The deliveries were within 250 feet of a playground, police said.

Sabra Carpenter, 41, of Mark Drive, faces charges including criminal conspiracy and the delivery, intent to deliver, and possession of a controlled substance.

Ronelle Walker, 32, of Philadelphia, was also arrested and charged with criminal conspiracy to deliver crack, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, and possession of a controlled substance.

Unable to post bail, Carpenter and Walker were transported to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

On April 12, three people were arrested on narcotics warrants stemming from the sales of crack-cocaine to an undercover officer on Dexter Street.

Rosemary Finholdt, 59, of Dexter Street, was charged with conspiracy to deliver crack-cocaine.

Karen Wierzbolowicz, 51, of Andover Street, Wilkes-Barre, was charged with delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver drugs, possession of a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy.

Unable to post $20,000 cash bail, Finholdt and Wierzbolowicz were transported to the Luzerne County prison.

Steve Allwood, 22, of Brooklyn, N.Y., a "G-Town" Crips gang member, has an active felony narcotics warrant for sales of crack on Dexter Street. Charges against Allwood, who is currently incarcerated at Rikers Island, N.Y., include delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver and possession of crack.

On April 14, police arrested Kyle Mangan, 20, of Oxford Street in Hanover Township, on an outstanding felony narcotics warrant. Charges - which include delivery, intent to deliver and possession of marijuana - stem from the sale of the drug on Oxford Street. The sale occurred within 1,000 feet of Lee Park Elementary School, police said.

Mangan was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Joseph Halesey and transported to the Luzerne County prison after failing to post $10,000 cash bail.

On April 19, police arrested Maurice Battle, 35, of Willingboro, N.J., on a warrant stemming from crack sale at an apartment on Mark Drive, Hanover Township.

Charges against Battle included criminal conspiracy and delivery, intent to deliver and possession of crack. Halesy arranged Battle, who was transported to Luzerne County prison after failing to post $50,000 bail.

On May 11, two Wilkes-Barre residents were arrested on warrants stemming from crack-cocaine deliveries in Hanover Township, police said.

Police allege Edwin Soto, 39, of Oregon Street, delivered drugs to a business on Luzerne Street in the Lee Park Section of Hanover Township. Soto was charged with delivery, intent to deliver and possession of crack. He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Gerald Feissner. Unable to post $30,000 cash bail, Soto was lodged in Luzerne County prison.

Police have also charged Brenda Tabino, 26, of Madison Street, with delivering crack in the parking lot of McDonald's Restaurant on the Sans Souci Parkway. Tabino was arraigned by Feissner on charges of delivery, intent to deliver and possession of a controlled substance. Tabino was unable to post $30,000 cash bail and was lodged in Luzerne County prison.

Hanover Township police were assisted by the Edwardsville Police Department and the Wilkes-Barre City Narcotics/Viper Unit in the arrests.

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